Morning Links: Lawsuit Edition

The Larry Rivers Foundation sues Chelsea Hotel owner Joseph Chetrit for the return of a painting that used to hang there. [New York Post]

A judge in a Washington D.C. court heard an arguments from the Corcoran Gallery of Art’s board chairman in favor of its merger with the National Gallery of Art. The merger went to court this week over a group of Corcoran students and employees sued to stop it. [The New York Times]

Taiwan’s first lady will resume plans to travel to Japan, after the Tokyo museum’s failure to mention the word “national” in on its posters and tickets to a show of loaned Taiwanese artifacts there caused her to put the trip on hold. The museum has since fixed the posters. [Agence France-Presse]

The Cincinnati Art Museum has named Cameron Kitchin as its new director. He’s currently the director of the Brooks Museum of Art in Memphis. [The Cincinnati Enquirer]